"Andrew Gabriel" wrote in message
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I suspect the economics may be changing too. 20 years ago, they
were in effect almost free to run in terms of power, as they
used the spare overnight capacity of our nuclear plant which
was otherwise wasted. This isn't true anymore and they do cost
a lot to run nowadays. As I often do motorway runs at 2am and
find the roads empty with thousands of lamps lighting my way
into the distance, I do wonder how long that may continue.

Until some climate scientist works out the death rate from GW and convinces
the government that it will be higher than the death rate from dark roads?
Not that any climate scientist will want to state how many deaths are going
to happen when its all just *if* ATM.